Match-making machine



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MATCH MAKING MACHINE.

*lNog 519,150.

Patented May 1, 1894..

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J.-G.D 0NNBLLY. MATCH MAKING` MACHINE.

No. 519,150. Patented May l, 1891]:i

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Patente-d May li 1894.

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.IosEPnc DoNNELLY, oE PHILADELPHIA, .PENNsiIINANIA.` l

MATcH-MAKlNe MAcHlNI-z.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 519,150, dated May 1,1894.

Application tiled September 23, 1893. Serial No. 486,259. .i (No model.)` i

Be it known that I, JosEPII C. DONNELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the `city and county of Philadelphia ,and State of 5 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Making Ma-` chines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

This invention relates to match making machines, and more particularly., to that class in which the splintsare transferred from a hopper to an appropriate device by and upon which they are hunched` orassembled preparatory to the dipping operation.

The invention, as generally stated, consists in the employment of a perforated receiver to which the splints are fed and upon which they are maintained, at intervals apart, by the exhaustion' of the air from` an adjacent space or chamber with which the perforations communicate, in combination with various relatively arranged co-operating parts that enter into the organization of the machine, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth and be definitely claimed.

A machine embodying my invention is `illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan with the hopper removed. Fig. 3 is a full longitudinal vertical section, as on the line of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa transverse vertical section `as on the line y-y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a modified construc-V tion. Fig. 6 is apartial section as on the line e-zof Fig. 5. l

A represents the frame-work of the ma` chine upon which the usual hopper B and other parts are supported. Journaled in bearings in the sides of the; frame, is a shaft c upon which is fixed a hollow drum C that extends partially within the hopper, which shaft with the drum thereonV is rotated in any approved manner. In the present instance the shaft is equipped with a `spur wheel d with which gears a pinion d on a driving shaft d2 to whichmotion is imparted `from asuitable` source of power. Thedrum C is provided` `with a :median circumferential groove c around which passes from Athe roll e to the bunching spool f, the usual tape or webbing g that is employed for bunching the splints in coils. The periphery of the drum, on each side of the groove c', is perforated at intervals in transverse lines, as at ci", whereby if splintsbe fed to or deposited upon the drum, and air be exhausted from the latter, the suction thereby induced through the perforations will maintain the A splints upon the drum. Hence, as the drum rotates within the hopper, if the air be exhausted from the former, the splints contained in the hopper will be drawn individually upon the successive lines of perforations on the drum, and be accordingly taken up thereby and conducted to the bunching coils. l

In the construction illustrated in Figs. l to 4, both inclusive, a pair of stationary exhaust chambers c2 is arranged in the drum, with which chambers the perforations in the drum 1 communicate during the traverse of the respective rows of perforations from the hopper to the bunching coil. `These chambers are connected with a suitably-disposed fanc4,

orother air-exhausting device, by means of lateral pipes c5 whereby the air may be exhausted from the chambers during therotal t tion of the drum, with the edect above mentioned. Each of the chambers is formed of a pair of semi-circular plates 1, with a bottom piece 2, the edges of the plates beingconcentric with thewinternal periphery of the drum to which they are fitted. p p

l In vorder that the match lsplints contained in the hopper shall be fed or presented individually to the drum, I dispose in the forward portion of the hopper a suitable frame` b between which and the bottomV of the hopper is formed aspace b by way of which the splints pass singly to the drum. It will be obvious that during the rotation of the drum,

the individual match splints will be successively drawn, by suction, upon the rows of perforations, as the latter pass the delivery cert with the feed drum or carrier by means,

of sprocket gearing f3- to which motion is im- IOO parted from the spur wheel d through the medium of a suitable gear train. This construction being well known in the art no description in detail is necessary.

As a simple and efficient means whereby the operation of'exhausting the air from the chambers shall be automatically checked, when a predetermined number of splints has been bunched, so as thereupon to arrest the operation of the drum upon the splints in the hopper, I provide the main exhaust pipe with a check valve l, the handle 'L' of which is embraced by the bifurcated end of a link il that is pivotally connected at its other end with a depending portion of the rocking arm f. Thus, when the coil has reached a certain limit and the rocking arm has accordingly swung outward,the .bifurcated end of the link, moving forward, presses against the handle and perforce closes the valve.

Although inthe foregoing described construction the` use of peripheral grooves in the drum to receive the match-splints, is obviated, yet such grooves may be employed in connection with the exhaust feature, if desired, as represented in Fig. 5. In this figure I have also represented a supplementary transmitting drum C interposed between the main drum and the coiler, which supplementary drum is peripherally grooved and perforated similarly to and for a like purpose as the main drum. I have shown the drum C as headed and provided with a hollow journal C2 through which the air is exhausted from the interior of the drum. See Fig. 6. In this construction, the splints are conducted by themain drum from the hopper to the supplementary drum, thence to the bunching spool; the latter drum being rotated uniformly in the same direction as the drum C by means of suitable gearing, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Y

If desired, the drum C may be constructed similarly to the drum C', and the air exhausted therefrom in like manner.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that by my invention the following ends are attained, to wit,-rst, the withdrawal of the splints individually from the hopper, or splint feeding device, and their delivery, at regular intervals, to the carrier or feed drum, and, secondly, the maintenance of the splints, at intervals apart, upon said drum or carrier. Moreover, where two co-acting'drums or carriers are employed, the invention obviates the necessity of using intermediate stripper lingers to transfer the splints from one carrier to the other; it obviates the necessity of using guard plates to prevent the splints from flying off or falling from the carrier or carriers, and it obviates the necessity of using mechanical devices to prevent longitudinal or endwise displacement of the splints on the carrier or carriers.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a match making machine, the combi- V nation with a hopper or splint-feeding device,

of a perforated splint receiver adjacent thereto, a chamber communicating with the perforations in said receiver, and means for exhausting the air from said chamber, the perforations in the receiver being so disposed that the splints in the hopper or feeding device will be drawn upon the perforations when the latter are in the path of the splints and will be thereby maintained upon the receiver at intervals apart, substantially as described.

2. In a match making machine, the combination with a hopper, or splint-feeding device, of a perforated splint carrier communicating therewith, a chamber communicating with the perforations in said carrier, and means for exhausting the air from said chamber, the perforations in the carrier being disposed in parallelv rows that the individual splints in the hopper or feeding device shall be drawn to and upon the succeeding rows during the traverse of the latter, substantially as described. o

3. In a match making machine, the combination with a hopper, of a peripherally perforated rotatable roller or drum, a stationary air chamber within said drum, a pipe or pipes leading from said chamber, and an exhaust communicating with said pipe or pipes, the perforations in the said roller or drum being disposed in parallel series whereby the individual splints will be drawn successively upon said perforations and thus be maintained at intervals apart upon the roller or drum, substantially as described.

4t. In a match making machine, the combination of a carrier provided with perforations arranged in parallel rows, a chamber below the perforated surface, means for exhausting the air from said chamber, and a bunching spool co-acting with said carrier, whereby the splints fed to the carrier will be maintained thereon at intervals apart, and be conducted thereby to the bunching spool, substantially as described.

5. In a match making machine, the combination of a hopper, a drum communicating therewith, said drum being provided with a circumferential groove and with parallel series of peripheral perforations, a chamber below the perforated surface, means for eX- hausting the air from said chamber, a bunching tape or web passing around the circumferential groove, and a bunching spool with which said tape or web is connected, substantially as described.

6. In a match making machine, the combination of a splint containing hopper provided with an outlet for the Withdrawal of the splints in single le, a carrier provided with perforar" tions arranged in parallel series which are adapted successively to communicate with said outlet, a chamber communicating with the perforated surface,'and means for exhausting the air from said chamber, substantially as described.

7. In a match making machine, the combi- IIC `5 adapted successively to communicate with nation of a splint containing hopper provided with an outlet for the withdrawal of the splints in single file, a carrier provided with perforations arranged in parallel series which are said outlet, a chamber communicating with the perforated surface, means for exhausting the air from said chamber, and a splint bunching spool and tape co-actingwith said carrier, substantially as described. p

8. In a match making machine, the combination of a splint-containing hopper provided with a frame therein, between which and thev bottom of the hopper is formed a space for the outward passage of the splints, a carrier proi vided with perforations which are adapted successively to communicate with said outlet,

a chamber communicating with the perforat` ed surface, and means for exhausting the air from said. chamber, substantially as described.

`9. In a match making machine, the splint carrying drum provided with a median circumferential groove, and with transverse rows of peripheral perforations on each side of said groove, substantially as described.

' l0. In a match makingmachine, the splint carrying drum provided with transverse rows ofperipheral perforations, in combination with a pair of `stationary exhaust chambers arranged side by side within said drum in communication with the perforations, an ex,`

haust engine, and connections between the same and said chambers, substantially as described. e e

ll. 4In a match splint bunching machine,

the combination of a perforated splint carrier, a chamber below the `perforated surface, 4 means for exhausting the air from said chamber, a splint bunching or assembling device,

its supporting and operating'parts, and means 4o i i for automatically checking the air exhaust when thebunching or assembling operation `has reached a predetermined stage; substantially as described.

. 12. The combination of a perforated carrier, a chamber below the perforated surface, an air exhaust device, a pipe connecting the same with the said chamber, a valve on said pipe, a bunching spool, the rocking arm, supporting said spool, means for rotating said spool, and a connection between said rocking arm and the valve, whereby the latter is closed at a predetermined period; substantially as described.

. ,13. In a match-making machine, the combination of a splint-containing hopper provided with a lateral passage for the withdrawal of the splints singly, of a splint carrier, laterally adjacent to said passage, and means for transferrin g the splints laterally from said passage to the carrier, substantially as described.

I4. In a match-making machine, the combil -nation of a splint-containing hopper provided with a lateral passage for the withdrawal of the splints singly, of a splint carrier, laterally scribing witnesses.

JOSEPH C. DONNELLY.

Witnesseszi JOHN R. NOLAN, H. L. CHEnsEMAN. 

